Ash-can and other or similar receptacle.



T. E. DIAMOND.

' ASH CAN AND OTHER ORSIMILAR REGEPTAGLE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 20I 1908.

93 1 9 1 8 Patented Aug. 24, 1909.

II/Id (IIIIIIIIII 4. 'ATTOIMIE rs UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS E. DIAMOND, F MONTGLAIR, NEW JERSEY.

ASH -CAN AND OTHER OR SIMILAR RECEPTACLE.

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS E. DIAMOND, a citizen of the United States,and residing at Montclair,'in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ash-Cansand other or Similar Receptacles, of which the following is aspecification, such as will enable those skilled in the-art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to ash cans and other or similar receptacles, andthe object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class whichis composed of sheet metal formed into a cylindrical casing, one end ofwhich is folded inwardly and radially to form a bottom for thereceptacle.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms apart, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved ash can, part of the construction being in section, Fig. 2 abottom plan view thereof, Fig. 3 a top plan view thereof, Fig. 4s apartial section on the line 41 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 a partial sectionon the line 55 of Fig. 3.

In the practice of my invention as shown in the drawing, I provide a canor receptacle a composed of a sheet of metal folded int-o tubular form,and the edges of which are overlapped and riveted together at a and saidcan is provided at the top with a reinforcing annular band 6 which isLshaped in cross section and which is riveted thereto, and the top edgeof the can or rece tacle a is folded over one part of said rein orcingband to form a bead o The bottom part of the can or receptacle is alsoprovided with an annular reinforcing band 0 which is L-shaped in crosssection and riveted to said can or receptacle as shown at 0 and thebottom d of said can or receptacle is formed by folding the end portionof the tubular body portion inwardly and radially to form sectoralmembers (P. In this operation the bottom sectoral members (Z are broughttogether as shown at (Z and formed over the adjacent edges thereof atSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 20, 1908.

Patented Aug. 24, 1909. Serial No. 439,474.

(Z are radial folds (P, the inner corner portions of which are cut awayradially as shown at (Z in Fig. 3, and when the bottom has been foldedin this manner the parts thereof including the sectoral members (Z andfolds d are pressed firmly together, and in this operation of formingthe bottom of the can it is also set inwardly or raised so as to form adepending rim portion 6.

In the operation of forming the bottom of the can as above describedthere is a radial seam at (Z where the parts of the bottom areoverlapped and riveted together as shown at (Z and in forming the largerkind or style of cans or receptacles I preferably employ sheet steel,but in forming small cans or receptacles in this manner sheet coppertubes without seams may be employed, in which case the bottoms will beformed as herein shown and described; but my invention is not limited tothe use of any particular metal in forming the cans or receptacles. Itwill be apparent that cans or receptacles of any preferred size may bemade in this manner, and of any desired strength.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A sheet metal can which is circular in cross section and providedwith a bottom formed by folding one end portion thereof inwardly andinto radial sectoral parts, the meeting edges of which are overlapped byradial folds, the bottom portion of the can being also folded to form adepending flange or rim which supports the can.

2. A sheet metal can which is circular in cross section and providedwith a bottom formed by folding one end portion thereof inwardly andinto radial sectoral parts, the meeting edges of which are overlapped byradial folds, the inner end portions of which are cut away on radiallines.

3. A sheet metal can provided with a bottom formed by folding one endportion thereof inwardly and into radial sectoral parts, the meetingedges of which are overlapped by radial folds, said bottom being alsoraised so as to form a depending annular rim.

4. A sheet metal can provided with abottom formed by folding one endportion thereof inwardly and into radial sectoral as my invention I havesigned my name in parts, the meeting edges of which are overpresence ofthe subscribing Witnesses this lapped by radial folds, said bottom being19th day of J line, 1908.

also raised so as to form a depending annu- THOMAS E. DIAMOND. 5 1mrimand the top and bottom of the can Witnesses:

being provided with reinfoi'cing'ba-nds. A. R. APPLEMAN,

I11 testimony that I 'elaim the foregoing C. E. MULREANY.

